1 # This file shows the history of incompatible changes to
2 # Parrot that invalidated existing PBC (Parrot Byte Code) files.
4 # The latest version number of the bytecode format in this file
5 # is used by Parrot to version the bytecode files it writes and
6 # is able to read. In the future, Parrot should be able to read
7 # and/or write older bytecode versions too.
9 # Currently known actions that should be entered here
10 # (and invalidate PBC are):
12 # - deleting/changing/inserting existing ops in ops.num
13 # - changing operands of existing ops
14 # - adding/deleting/renaming a PMC to classes
15 # - changes in the packfile format itself
16 # - changes to any PMCs that are frozen into the .pbc like
17 # ParrotInterpreter (HLL_info), Subs and more
18 # - other core changes that invalidate byte code :)
20 # After changing PBC_COMPAT either disable t/native_pbc tests or
21 # better, if you have an i386 box at hand, regenerate the PBCs
22 # with tools/dev/mk_native_pbc and commit the changes
24 # or TODO much better: all .pbc files should make-depend on PBC_COMPAT
26 # Also, if you're removing an opcode, be sure to run
27 # make -f tools/dev/ops_renum.mak
29 # please insert tab separated entries at the top of the list
31 3.13 2008.03.29 chromatic added does_i_p_pc opcode
32 3.12 2008.03.26 coke deleted classoffset
33 3.11 2008.03.26 coke deleted getattribute_p_p_i,setattribute_p_p_i
34 3.10 2007.12.18 coke deleted print_newline opcode
35 3.09 2007.12.13 chromatic added copy_p_p opcode
36 3.08 2007.12.12 allison added addhandler_p opcode
37 3.07 2007.12.12 tewk added die_s die_sc die_p die_pc opcodes
38 3.06 2007.11.28 coke remove classname opcode
39 3.05 2007.10.29 allison add get_eh, get_all_eh, and count_eh opcodes
40 3.04 2007.10.28 paultcochrane remove clear_eh opcode
41 3.03 2007.10.17 coke released 0.4.17
42 3.02 2007.09.20 bernhard remove opcode hash
43 3.02 2007.09.07 bernhard deprecate opcode substr_r
44 3.01 2007.08.17 chromatic store HLL names as strings in frozen Sub PMCs
45 3.0 2007.07.23 jonathan implementing new PBC header format
46 2.26 2007.07.17 particle released 0.4.14
47 2.25 2007.06.19 allison released 0.4.13
48 2.24 2007.05.16 bernhard remove opcodes adddoes, removedoes, singleton
49 2.23 2007.05.15 chromatic released 0.4.12
50 2.22 2007.04.17 mdiep released 0.4.11
51 2.21 2007.04.15 jonathan added get_class opcodes and clone_p_p_p opcode
52 2.20 2007.04.07 jonathan added addrole opcode
53 2.19 2007.03.20 coke released 0.4.10
54 2.18 2007.02.22 pmichaud released 0.4.9
55 2.17 2007.01.16 particle released 0.4.8
56 2.16 2006.12.16 paultcochrane deleted fetchmethod opcode
57 2.15 2006.11.14 chip released 0.4.7
58 2.14 2006.11.07 tewk added comp_flags to parrot_sub_t
59 2.13 2006.09.23 bernhard remove ops from dotgnu.ops
60 2.12 2006.08.18 leo removed None PMC from parrot core
61 2.11 2006.08.16 creiss added STM opcodes
62 2.10 2006.08.08 chip released 0.4.6
63 2.9 2006.06.19 leo released 0.4.5
64 2.8 2006.06.18 leo reorder opcodes
65 2.7 2006.05.14 leo released 0.4.4
66 2.6 2006.04.02 leo released 0.4.3
67 2.5 2006.03.21 leo remove deleted opcodes
68 2.4 2006.02.22 leo released 0.4.2
69 2.3 2006.01.08 leo released 0.4.1
70 2.2 2005.12.04 leo released 0.4.0, deleted opcodes
71 2.1 2005.12.01 leo inserted another pic ops
72 2.0 2005.11.22 leo changed PBC format (HLL_info)
73 1.4 2005.11.13 leo freeze outer_sub with Subs in PBC
74 1.3 2005.11.12 leo freeze lex_info with Subs in PBC
75 1.2 2005.11.06 leo deleted newsub, foldup, pack; 0.3.1 release
76 1.1 2005.10.17 leo deleted register stack opcodes
77 1.0 2005.10.15 jonathan changed debug segment format
78 0.27 2005.10.11 leo added reg usage to Subs in PBC
79 0.26 2005.10.07 leo deleted lot of opcodes
80 0.25 2005.10.05 leo deleted rx_ opcodes
81 0.24 2005.10.01 leo 0.3.0 release
82 0.23 2005.08.05 leo 0.2.3 release
83 0.22 2005.07.03 leo 0.2.2 release; add fixedintegerarray.freeze
84 0.21 2005.06.04 leo 0.2.1 release
85 0.20 2005.05.31 leo added HLL_id to frozen sub structure
86 0.19 2005.05.11 leo MMD function number change (rm MMD_I_LOGICAL...)
87 0.18 2005.05.08 leo 0.2.0 release
88 0.17 2005.04.22 leo removed add_p_* and friends, insert infix ops
89 0.16 2005.03.06 leo 0.1.2 release
90 0.15 2004.11.27 leo tossed 36 ops: gt,ge,isgt,isge w. I,N,S args
91 0.14 2004.11.27 leo tossed 13 ops: forgot some op_n_i
92 0.13 2004.11.27 leo tossed 177 ops: constants only, mixed args
93 0.12 2004.11.11 leo updates ops.num with some renumbering
94 0.11 2004.10.09 leo 0.1.1 release
95 0.10 2004.09.26 leo insert non-branching compare ops
96 0.9 2004.09.24 leo insert interpinfo_p opcodes
97 0.8 2004.02.29 leo 0.1.0 release
98 0.7 2003.11.21 leo remove unused size fields in front of PF constants
99 0.6 2003.10.31 leo 0.0.13 release
100 0.5 2003.10.24 dan add bogus opcode
101 0.4 2003.10.24 leo start using this file for fingerprinting
102 0.3 2003.10.22 dan add delegates.pmc
103 0.2 2003.10.21 dan delete instantiate op
104 0.1 2003.10.21 leo start this file